east end of island lk

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ratmn218 0

trying to catch some walleyes, never fished island much, staying at united sportsman.seen many fish in deep water, but no takers,anyone willing to help me out with what depth or other hints?any fish on the east end? or do i have to cruise under the bridge and fish west end?

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Surface Tension 145

The east side has more structure then the west side. So if you like fishing structure then your in luck. The bar Rip mentioned is a good place to start and use as an example.

I'd troll along the bar with a minnow harness. You should be experimenting with depth but as a rule during the day you'll find the eyes in the edge in deeper water. As the bar heads SE its runs into deeper water adjacent to it. Keep you GPS or marker buoys handy and mark that edge and go to work.

You'll find sunken islands and humps on the east side as well. A jig and minnow works best for working these and again experiment on the different depths and in daylight hours key in on the deeper transition areas.

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LoonASea 14

I fished the west end yesterday evening ,,,still found eyes in 23 FOW trolling ripsticks ,,(didnt have live bait with),,,did have a nice conversation with the census officer and was told some large eyes floated up when the water temps hit the 80s (early august) water temp yesterday was 66 so its cooling down and the fall pattern should start soon ,,,I did see folks fishing mid lake structure but didnt see and one land fish

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BRULEDRIFTER 0

Island Lake is so full of walleyes, i cant believe people struggle to catch them out there. orange jig with a leech or worm! scrap the minnows for a while longer. find a reef, drop off, or point(plenty of those out there) and set it on the bottom and dance it around for bit. no luck move on. try a weed line for a spell if the rocks arent puttin out. if your speciffically looking for a creel full of 15+ inchers, well you may have to go to elsewhere or keep looking they are out there. i see, measure and catch more than plenty of 13 and 14 inchers, perfect for dinner! yeah, size is tough on the lake, but once you figure out the patterns 16's, 18's become much more common in your catch. TRUST ME! i spend 5 days a week out there looking at and measuring peoples creels, plus i also fish it often on my own time. Island is by far my favorite lake in the area. only been on boulder once, however! east end is as good if not better then the west and its much easier to fish.

I'm hoping the snow they are forecasting shows up. Because then it's on for sure.
Put new glass on the light weight .223 so I don't have to carry the heavy target weight gun around. Just not practical where I hunt to have a 300yard gun. A 150yard gun will do just fine.
When you cary a shotgun and a rifle on almost every stand a few extra pounds can add up in a hurry.
Good luck tonight moose

Twin is pretty deep. One of the last to freeze over in most years.
I wasnt home yesterday evening to see if any more kids went through the ice.
I will did the spud out and see how thick it is by shore tomorrow.